It's Stihl 044 time

[redline4]

That's how it is listed in the service manual.

Thanks JJ.
31% of the time, I'm right every time.

 

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Chucked it up on the lathe to square and flatten.
A skim cut showed just a touch out of square.


Made .001" cuts until it just barely cleaned up at .003" from corner to corner, which will drop it about .0015" to .002".

 

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Cleaned up the bore satisfactory and chamfered, polished and flattened the exhaust port besides cleaning it up good in the ultrasonic cleaner.

 

[redline4]

Thanks Steve!

 

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Thanks Steve!

You are welcome Ed.

 

[redline4]

You are welcome Ed.

We jinxed my skidsteer by talking about how useful they can be yesterday..

 

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Good to get all that out of it's system now, rather later when you really need it.

 

[redline4]

Good to get all that out of it's system now, rather later when you really need it.

Yeah.
Can't help but enjoy the wonderful world of hydraulics and the need to mix jic, pipe, o-ring and whatever else fittings all on 1 machine..

 

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Yeah.
Can't help but enjoy the wonderful world of hydraulics and the need to mix jic, pipe, o-ring and whatever else fittings all on 1 machine..

I have faith you'll get it all duck taped up in the right places. Lol

 

[redline4]

I cleaned up the AV stuff today.
I noticed the blue on a couple of the mounts when I took it apart but never looked closer, just thought they were aftermarket.


They are not. They are Stihl parts.
Is that something to do with this being an R model saw?

 

[Canadian farm boy]

I cleaned up the AV stuff today.
I noticed the blue on a couple of the mounts when I took it apart but never looked closer, just thought they were aftermarket.
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They are not. They are Stihl parts.
Is that something to do with this being an R model saw?

There’s 3 different AV mounts ranging in firmness. Iirc the blue AV mounts were the stiffest. R models typically came with them.

 

[redline4]

There’s 3 different AV mounts ranging in firmness. Iirc the blue AV mounts were the stiffest. R models typically came with them.

Thanks Mike!
This one has a mix-n-match mount thing going then..

 

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There’s 3 different AV mounts ranging in firmness. Iirc the blue AV mounts were the stiffest. R models typically came with them.

You're going to have Ed in a lather using words like firmness and stiffest. Lol

 

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Thanks Mike!
This one has a mix-n-match mount thing going then..

Your package was just picked up.

 

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You're going to have Ed in a lather using words like firmness and stiffest. Lol

How's the skid steer doing?

 

[redline4]

Your package was just picked up.

How's the skid steer doing?

Great!
Skidsteer is back in action.

 

[redline4]

You're going to have Ed in a lather using words like firmness and stiffest. Lol

Just don't start doing curls, I might rupture something.

 

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Just don't start doing curls, I might rupture something.

If I did, I prolly would too. Lol

 

[nixon]

Thanks for doing this thread . I may be using this as a reference .A guy dropped off a ” stihl saw ,that runs but won’t idle . Well, it’s a 10mm 044 . Been abused badly. The PTO bearing let go and those pieces got eated in the cylinder . Piston’s toast , cylinder may make it . The owner isn’t really interested in putting anything into it , so I will make him an offer ( depends if the cylinder will be okay ) .

 

[redline4]

After the tank has been sitting after I heated it and clamped it this entire time, I took the clamps off.


It straightened out pretty good.
I'd say if I were to put a rod or block in there and epoxy or plastic weld it, it would be more than serviceable.

That being said, there's still a bunch of breaks on this so it will be set in the spare parts box and I'll use a different tank.